Blanchard and Company

Private mints produce silver rounds that rival government coins in appearance and purity but sell for far lower premiums. These coin-shaped pieces contain .999 fine silver without legal tender status, allowing them to typically trade much closer to spot price than American Eagles or Canadian Maple Leafs. The result is a format that combines the handling advantages of coins wi...

Home builders aren’t a happy bunch these days. The numbers show it. Mortgage rates have climbed since the start of the war in Iran, and high home prices are keeping buyers away. What’s more, rising material and construction costs eat into a homebuilder’s profits. So, many builders in America today are saying, “Why should we even start a new project?”

In July, housing s...

Gold moved above $4,400 an ounce this week boosted by news that July inflation data was subdued, likely easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates.

Gold jumped to a two-month high. Bullion has climbed swiftly in recent days as the near-term trend turned strongly positive for the precious metal.

Consumer inflation rose 0.1% month over m...

A 1 oz gold bar fits in a package smaller than a credit card, yet contains a full troy ounce of gold. This makes it one of the most widely traded physical gold investment formats worldwide. It offers a practical balance between gold content and reasonable premiums over spot prices, especially compared with smaller fractional bars. This article explains the physical specificat...

In the summer of 1652, Boston was a growing port town perched on the edge of the known world.

Merchant ships crowded its harbor, warehouses filled with timber, fish, furs, and goods bound for Europe and the Caribbean. New settlements continued to push farther into the forests of New England. What had begun as a small religious colony only a few decades earlier was rapi...